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Table 3 Clinical and functional outcome according to unfavorable events (n = number, SD = standard deviation, SSV = Subjective Shoulder value, VAS = visual Analog Scale, QDASH = Quick Disability Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score, CS = Constant-Murley Score, ACS = age and sex corrected Constant-Murley Score, adl = activities of daily living, ROM = range of motion)

From: Functional results and unfavorable events after treatment of proximal humerus fractures using a new locking plate system

  

unfavorable events

Yes n = 27

No n = 71

difference

p-value

SSV (Mean, SD)

74.6

 ± 16.8

86.6

 ± 13.9

-12.0

-13.9%

< 0.001

VAS (Mean, SD)

1.5

 ± 2.2

1.2

 ± 1.7

0.3

25.0%

0.535

QDASH (Mean, SD)

16.2

 ± 16.8

11.9

 ± 17.0

4.3

36.1%

0.123

CS (Mean, SD)

ACS

69.7

 ± 18.3

84.5

 ± 13.0

-14.8

-17.5%

< 0.001

pain

12.9

 ± 2.8

13.7

 ± 2.0

-0.8

-5.8%

0.140

adl

15.3

 ± 3.9

18.3

 ± 2.7

-3.0

-16.4%

< 0.001

rom

28.4

 ± 10.5

34.5

 ± 6.1

-6.1

-17.7%

0.001

strength

9.4

 ± 5.6

14.6

 ± 5.5

-5.2

-35.6%

< 0.001

active ROM

abduction

126.1

 ± 45.5

153.6

 ± 30.0

-27.5

-17.9%

0.003

(Mean, SD)

flexion

127.2

 ± 44.8

154.0

 ± 27.3

-26.8

-17.4%

0.004

 

external rotation

29.6

 ± 23.7

54.3

 ± 17.2

-24.7

-45.5%

< 0.001